Film Review: Tron Legacy (2010)
As a video game-obsessed kid growing up in the early 80s, Tron was a film that seemed tailor made just for me. I was only 5 in 1982, but I […]
TV Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season One
Though it had a rock solid foundation, with classic Trek’s TV series remaining perennially popular and the Trek movies – with the Spock Trilogy, starting with Star Trek II: The […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 8: The Rescue
The end of The Mandalorian’s second season really doesn’t mess around. Though even I – a Star Wars fan ever since I saw the original in the late 70s, whose […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 7: The Believer
Though I’ve had my issues with the second season of The Mandalorian – particularly how each episode seemed to settle into a very formulaic structure early on, as well as […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 6: The Tragedy
I’ve done my best to refrain from spoilers in my weekly reviews of The Mandalorian Season 2 so far, but it became incredibly difficult to remain too tight-lipped with last […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 5: The Jedi
So far this season, I’ve been able to refrain from spoilers in all of my weekly reviews of The Mandalorian. If you’ve been watching them so far, you’ll know that […]
Film Review: Fantastic Four (2015)
Or, as the poster would cringily have you think the title was: Fant4stic. Though Marvel’s First Family have reached the big screen before in two middling-at-best 00s efforts, they’ve never […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 4: The Siege
I’ve been complaining in the last few weeks that, although we’re getting some stunning, classic Star Wars action on a regular basis in The Mandalorian, season two so far has […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 3: The Heiress
With last week’s episode teetering on the precipice of horror – especially for arachnaphobes – it’ll be a relief for many viewers that we get a much more straightforward action […]
Film Review: The Book of Eli (2010)
TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault is mentioned in the following review. Post-apocalyptic movies used to be a favourite genre of mine; often seeing a lone stranger wandering – or, more often, […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 2: The Passenger
After last week’s bombshell final shot featuring that fan favourite character’s potential return, it’s perhaps a disappointment that we don’t see it pay off this week. In fact, not much […]
TV Review: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 1: The Marshal
The first season of The Mandalorian was a genuine surprise; a live action Star Wars show that made great use of the universe’s settings and lore which didn’t lean on […]
Weekly Round-Up
When I first started Mid-Life Gamer Geek back in the now utopian beforetimes of *checks notes* 2019, my intention was to continue writing about gaming; video games, board games and […]
Comic Book Review: Aliens: Defiance
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a lifelong fan of the Alien franchise, even to the point where I genuinely have a soft spot for Alien 3. If only […]
Review: Transformers/Back to the Future #1
As a fan of both 80s franchises since they first appeared, it’s great to see Transformers and Back to the Future combine during the 35th anniversary of the time travel […]
Film Review: Color Out of Space (2019)
October heralds the start of Spooky Season – and I’ve already gone way out of my comfort zone to get into the spirit of Halloween by watching the demented Mandy, […]
